Non-Facebook social games to hit $5.6B in revenue by 2014
Facebook isn’t the only platform where social games are booming. Revenue from non-Facebook social games is expected to grow from the current amount of...
Zynga launches its first true sequel, Mafia Wars 2
Social game maker Zynga has launched a number of uber-popular games over the past couple of years, but today we’re seeing it launch its...
Rixty launches personalized and reloadable gift cards for online games
Rixty is taking online game gift cards to the next level by making them personalized, branded, and reloadable. Online game gift cards have become...
CrowdStar’s Starfund targets mobile game developers with $250K investments (exclusive)
CrowdStar‘s $10 million StarFund investment fund has made investments in six new mobile game startups for about $250,000 each. The first fruits from that...
Ugh: Zynga’s Farmville in talks for movie treatment
As annoying as it is to get Farmville requests from friends on Facebook, now there may be no way to escape the popular game:...
Modern Warfare 3 trailer prepares gamers for mass destruction
Activision Blizzard released a trailer for the single-player version of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 game today. The preview shows the title...
Uncharted Golden Abyss game brings console-like graphics to PlayStation Vita (video)
Uncharted Golden Abyss is one of the most impressive games on the upcoming PlayStation Vita, the new portable gaming system from Sony that will...
Rage: When game journalists stop being polite and start getting real
An in-depth interview with id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead and game artist Andy Chang, entitled "The Creative Intent of Rage," appeared on Gamasutra this morning,...
6waves Lolapps launches Ravenskye City social game (exclusive)
Hoping to extend a social game franchise, 6waves Lolapps is launching its new Ravenskye City game today. The game is an expansion of the...
Rockstar’s Max Payne reboot delivers over-the-top action after 8-year hiatus (first look)
The run-and-gun Max Payne series hasn’t seen a new title in eight years but will finally return when Rockstar Games releases Max Payne 3...